Rep. Matt Cartwright (D-Pa.) lost reelection on Nov. 5 in Pennsylvania’s Eighth Congressional District as the GOP looks to expand its majority in the House of Representatives, while the Democrats look to take it back.
Republican businessman Rob Bresnahan Jr. defeated Cartwright.
Cartwright conceded on Nov. 6.
“I know this is not the result we hoped for, but it has been the honor of my life to represent our community in Congress,” he said in a statement posted on X.
“Thank you, Congressman Cartwright, for the warm wishes and your service to our state. I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again—the only letters that matter next to my name are N.E.P.A.,” Bresnahan wrote in an X post in response, with the initials standing for “Northeastern Pennsylvania.”…